Newtons law of gravity.

Question

Really, like I’m actually five and really slow.

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Answer 1

Newton proposed that everything with mass attracts everything else with mass. That force depends on the masses and the distances:

* Twice the mass leads to twice the attraction.
* Doubling the distance between the masses reduces the attraction to a fourth.

With that approach he could explain why things in the Solar System move in the way they do: The planets orbit the Sun, moons orbit their planets. He could also explain the shapes of these orbit (ellipses) for the first time.